The 1997 DVD-ROM Upgrade Experience: Creative Encore Dxr2

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  • Installing a Creative Encore DVD-ROM! Back in 1997 DVD tech was an huge step up from CDs. And the setup was a bit more involved than just plopping in a drive -- you needed an MPEG-2 card like the DXR2!
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  • @LGR
    @LGR  Před 6 lety +486

    For the morbidly curious among you, here's the full Creative DVD-ROM demo video:
    czcams.com/video/0NGxFwLD3M4/video.html

    • @LasOrveloz
      @LasOrveloz Před 6 lety +11

      WAit wait wait wait wait... Was that a reference to Steve from MRE Info with the "Nice hiss"? I once earlier thought (can't remember the exact video) you made the "Nice!" reference with jumpcut and all like what he does! Didn't say anything cause I thought I just overthought it back then and It couldn't possibly be a reference to a MRE reviewer of all things!

    • @jamervehedeos5587
      @jamervehedeos5587 Před 6 lety +5

      Is it possible to get a G-Drive link to the original VOB?

    • @OldAzzJuggalo4Life
      @OldAzzJuggalo4Life Před 6 lety +2

      Thanks as always Clint great video. I felt your pain from the cable management here in your neighboring state lol. Love the screensaver nice to be reminded that like me many other men didn't mature past 12 years old.

    • @Vladimir_Kv
      @Vladimir_Kv Před 6 lety +3

      What's that chip that got removed from the DXR2 board? It's present on the box-art.

    • @sambam007
      @sambam007 Před 6 lety +3

      Lazy Game Reviews how the hell did you get this 20+ year old brand new DVD drive?? You must know time travel.

  • @AustNerevar
    @AustNerevar Před 6 lety +314

    This video had everything: technojargon, action, suspense, comedy and a happy ending.

  • @patemathic
    @patemathic Před 6 lety +933

    Man that screensaver is *CREɅ̲TIVE*

  • @comchia4306
    @comchia4306 Před 4 lety +101

    21:10 Wang Commander IV: The Penises of Freedom.

    • @sylverrez
      @sylverrez Před 5 měsíci

      Sounds like the name of an actual p0rn parody film.

  • @gold_lightning
    @gold_lightning Před 6 lety +215

    It does not shock me that going from Win98 to Win98SE fixed everything. Win98SE was a massive improvement behind the scenes and native DVD support was one of the categories that got the most of it. In fact, back in the day my upgrade from 98 to 98SE made my daily life a whole lot easier. I probably had about 95% less blue screens and freezes in general after the upgrade.

    • @snetmotnosrorb3946
      @snetmotnosrorb3946 Před 6 lety +29

      For me it was the USB support that was the game-changer.
      As a young teen I thought 98 SE was just a cash-grab along the same lines as Plus! and ignored it without a second thought. Not until years later did I learn that it in fact incorporated significant changes under the hood and was the best DOS-based Windows. So much trouble I could have saved myself.

    • @AnnabelleTheRose
      @AnnabelleTheRose Před 5 lety +16

      Yeah Win98 First Ed. was a total train wreck. They had to rush SE out to fix a bunch of issues cos everyone was getting blue screens and also USB issues I remember. Of course this was pre-broadband too so you had to buy a new physical copy (from memory I think MS offered $$$ back deals for people who bought First Ed).

    • @raymond289
      @raymond289 Před 5 lety +1

      Andrew Wallington back then was an upgrade 98SE. I was lucky my first computer I choose a P3 450 96MB ATI all in wonder Pro agp 8MB. Toshiba 6x dvd. Never had issues. I upgraded to pioneer A03 DVD burner it had a fan added 1 inch longer Aug 31 2001.

    • @6sicSIX
      @6sicSIX Před 4 lety +5

      @@AnnabelleTheRose I was going to correct you then I did the calculations
      OMG I forgot how slow dial-up was haha
      6.5 days for 544MB :o
      I remember when my 56k broke and I only had a 14.4k to hand XD

    • @mikolajwitkowski8093
      @mikolajwitkowski8093 Před 4 lety

      @@snetmotnosrorb3946 cash grab? It was a free upgrade.

  • @FoxerTails
    @FoxerTails Před 6 lety +175

    The screen saver popup was pure gold.

  • @Pancreaticdefect
    @Pancreaticdefect Před 6 lety +36

    Watching Clint use the button to close the tray made my day. As a young person I HATED when anyone would push on the CD tray to close it. It still makes me cringe. Not that you see people using optical media much anymore.

    • @_miyu
      @_miyu Před 6 lety +3

      Yup, that was my take away from this vid as well. My biggest pet peeve is pushing the tray to close. @AdmiralSpeedy any force used is bad for the internal gear. They made it do that cuz they knew most idiots would push it, so it better retract on pressure to mitigate damage. An electronic button that sends a signal to the motor is the preferred way. Even Open/Close command send from the software is better than pushing on the gear.

    • @PuffyRainbowCloud
      @PuffyRainbowCloud Před 6 lety

      My computer's optical drive doesn't even have a button, so I made one in software instead.

    • @Pyroteq
      @Pyroteq Před 6 lety +1

      Holy shit THANK YOU!!!
      I had a friend that would always shove the disc tray of my Xbox closed as if he was trying to shove Toothpaste back into the tube.
      Like holy fucking shit dude, it's a piece of plastic with some weak plastic gears and shitty motor, WTF are you forcing it shut for? Just press the fucking button and wait the extra 0.002 seconds for it to close FFS.

    • @AKATenn
      @AKATenn Před 6 lety

      They are designed to be closed with a push, what you're not supposed to do is give it more of a push than it needs to start closing on it's own, it won't hurt it more than normal wear unless you force it.

    • @_miyu
      @_miyu Před 6 lety +2

      @Hadwell - It's a gear and motor. It was NOT designed to close with a push. They made it activate with resistance so it will be less likely to break. When the gear encounters resistance they allowed it to send a safety signal to the motor. You can avoid this entirely by sending the signal directly with the button. BUTTONS are DESIGNED to be pushed.

  • @Wolfwood428
    @Wolfwood428 Před 6 lety +472

    "Nice Hiss, Let's get this Drive out onto a Tray"
    "Nice!"
    6:15

  • @smeliscave
    @smeliscave Před 4 lety +88

    20:53 - "Goodbye!"
    Best moment

  • @TerminallyNerdy
    @TerminallyNerdy Před 6 lety +700

    Clint that was the best screensaver ever lol

    • @SYratherripped
      @SYratherripped Před 6 lety +49

      I have never laughed so hard at a LGR moment. That was absolutely classic. :D

    • @MrFungi69
      @MrFungi69 Před 6 lety +1

      Yah I cringed tbh. Then I start wondering why that was a priority.. I mean.. yano
      Excellent video nevertheless :)

    • @AnnabelleTheRose
      @AnnabelleTheRose Před 5 lety +4

      Surprise penises! XD

    • @LieshaCichol
      @LieshaCichol Před 5 lety

      You mean that reflection of himself? :-p

    • @willsofer3679
      @willsofer3679 Před 2 lety

      @@MrFungi69 Clint loves penises. And sandwiches. And Duke Nukem. Let the man live his dream

  • @Molo9000
    @Molo9000 Před 6 lety +87

    Reinstalling Windows 98 is the ultimate late 90s upgrade experience. Solved 99% of computer problems.

    • @shockwaveexp3465
      @shockwaveexp3465 Před 6 lety +1

      Molo9000 That’s still the norm, unfortunately it is with one of the most crappy OS: Windows 10.

    • @FischOderAal
      @FischOderAal Před 6 lety +10

      I don't know man. I've been running Win10 since release. No reinstall, nothing. I remember the old days when I'd reinstall Windows on a regular basis.

    • @shockwaveexp3465
      @shockwaveexp3465 Před 6 lety +1

      FischOderAal I guess you got lucky, in Windows 10, drivers are automatically downloaded off Microsoft servers. However, it tends to download outdated versions, which had caused me a variety of video card driver crashes and sound pops. Even if you installed them manually yourself, Windows Update would keep bugging you to install the “latest” version of the driver. Unable to block Windows updates is a big no no for me. Luckily I don’t have to deal with that on Windows 7.

    • @ClayMann
      @ClayMann Před 6 lety

      Win2K as we called it was the first really stable Windows. At least for me and the people I knew. I was so reluctant to upgrade from that but Microsoft has this way of forcing upgrades. I honestly can't see what people are moaning about nowadays. The hardware is generally so good across the board and the OS's from everyone are stellar. At least compared to how it was win95 kinda days.
      Remember how you'd play a game for a while then get that itch to save because you knew it had been a while and you were due for a crash! lol its not like that anymore thank the broadband gods

    • @FischOderAal
      @FischOderAal Před 6 lety

      Win 98 SE was OK. But I was soooooo glad moving from Windows ME to Win2k...

  • @hotelmario510
    @hotelmario510 Před 6 lety +72

    It's so weird seeing DVD-quality video playing on such an ancient computer.

    • @Suctess
      @Suctess Před rokem +1

      Actually an AMD K6-2 333 MHz allowed smooth DVD-Playback without a dedicated hardware decoder. It came out mid 1998.

    • @matt.willoughby
      @matt.willoughby Před rokem

      Is it?

  • @SodBuster642
    @SodBuster642 Před 4 lety +29

    I think I just found my favorite LGR episode. From the 90's-ness of everything, the number of connections it required, to the MRE Steve reference, and the screen saver...it just keeps going. Nice work!

    • @digdugsmug
      @digdugsmug Před rokem +1

      I was only passively watching, but "nice hiss" totally grabbed my attention :P

  • @Fre1maurer
    @Fre1maurer Před 6 lety +150

    >Shit's not working for no clear reason.
    >System freezes.
    >Reinstall all the shit.
    >All the software feels like it's made without any quality control.
    THAT is what i call the TRUE late 90s experience!

    • @Wilson84KS
      @Wilson84KS Před 6 lety +13

      Yeah "Computers help us to solve problems that we didn't know before."

    • @nickwallette6201
      @nickwallette6201 Před 6 lety +8

      It's just Win98. I had the DXR2 kit back in the day and it always worked great.

    • @MrKinir
      @MrKinir Před 6 lety +3

      Blue screen.
      Super long loading times.
      Blue screen again.

  • @omgwizardsify
    @omgwizardsify Před 6 lety +355

    In the future there will be flying cars and jetpacks
    2017 --> excited to watch someone install a DVD drive

    • @tomyyoung2624
      @tomyyoung2624 Před 5 lety +5

      YES DVD!

    • @jesuskareemmedinadominguez3237
      @jesuskareemmedinadominguez3237 Před 4 lety +5

      Also in 2019

    • @xPaulRulesTheWorldx
      @xPaulRulesTheWorldx Před 4 lety +6

      @@jesuskareemmedinadominguez3237 Now 2020 Haha!

    • @Unsound_advice
      @Unsound_advice Před 4 lety +2

      2020 still.

    • @Howlingd0g
      @Howlingd0g Před 4 lety +7

      Can confirm that living in the post-Blade Runner future of 2020, revisiting the simple, innocent pleasures of 1990s home computing has become one of my favourite pastimes, and way better than any current "entertainment" on offer.

  • @cardbored_
    @cardbored_ Před 4 lety +179

    14:30 “Just some loser at his computer”... well who am I to talk. I died laughing especially because you can see your reflection in the monitor. 😂😂💀💀

  • @Roche_Furman
    @Roche_Furman Před 4 lety +221

    You know it's the ultimate DVD experience for your computer when the packaging has 6 F-15s on the front.

    • @CardboardSliver
      @CardboardSliver Před 4 lety +18

      *90S INTENSIFIES*

    • @jakethreesixty
      @jakethreesixty Před 4 lety +13

      I'm disappointed, there's clearly room for more fire and planes

    • @EvilishDem0nic8732WhatItDo
      @EvilishDem0nic8732WhatItDo Před 4 lety +9

      In the 90s, I've learned how to draw jets cause I'll always see them all the time back then. Nowadays ,I just notice SUVs

    • @jeremygregorio7472
      @jeremygregorio7472 Před 3 lety +4

      Mine only had 5 planes so there was some stuttering on the video

    • @MrFlutsh
      @MrFlutsh Před rokem

      A Michael bay approved packaging

  • @pnkflyd66
    @pnkflyd66 Před 6 lety +198

    You just let 1997 air out of the bag

  • @GenXGrownUp
    @GenXGrownUp Před 6 lety +169

    "...some loser at his computer...who am I to talk?" Funniest thing I've seen all day! Thanks for your passion, Clint.

  • @BigEightiesNewWave
    @BigEightiesNewWave Před 5 lety +72

    Should have breathed in 1997 air. Anti-aging.

  • @senaverdi2125
    @senaverdi2125 Před 5 lety +18

    That screensaver was a wonderful moment.

  • @id104335409
    @id104335409 Před 6 lety +403

    Watching a DVD upgrade video in 2017...

    • @MasterYoshidino
      @MasterYoshidino Před 6 lety +20

      id104335409 Now all we need is for him to unbox an HD DVD drive.

    • @Elenrai
      @Elenrai Před 6 lety +10

      Funniest thing is that some people dont got a clue about what a DVD is..(I know a few people that hang on to VHS on a 50 inch LED TV...)

    • @louistournas120
      @louistournas120 Před 6 lety +5

      Back then, this stuff was really neat. Adding a CDROM drive was cool. My friend bought a CD burner for 450$. Oh yeah! Sweet! He copied some CDs for me.

    • @id104335409
      @id104335409 Před 6 lety +4

      damn, I have the top comment on this one. (oh, wait - cable management seams to bug most people)
      Well, I have some sweet memories on DVD, CD and VHS - we all do, if we were born last century.
      Let's celebrate our lone island -our last stand - our manhood - something that no other newborn or alien species would understand - WE WERE HERE ONCE!

    • @FerintoshFarmsPhotography
      @FerintoshFarmsPhotography Před 5 lety +1

      Just think how weird people in 2050 will think it is.

  • @NightShader1
    @NightShader1 Před 6 lety +140

    Imagine that... somewhat 20 years ago, some people working at Creative were packaging this box. Buried like a pirate treasure in a carton treasure chest. Wandering around the world, sitting on a shelf or buried somewhere in a storage unit only to be discovered and unpacked 20 years later by Clint.

    • @mCKENIC
      @mCKENIC Před 6 lety +17

      20 years ago or so I worked on an assembly line in a factory making CD Audio cables for Dell and other manufacturers. There is a *slight* possibility I could have soldered those cables together as I believe Creative also had a factory in Ireland and could have bought our cables :-) Also - Penises!

    • @B3Band
      @B3Band Před 6 lety +1

      NightShader1 his name is Clint? I thought it was LGR

    • @slipknotboy555
      @slipknotboy555 Před 6 lety +5

      That's kinda cool! Btw, I've seen your comments on synth videos a lot. Hardware electronic instruments + vintage computers = great taste (no sarcasm)

    • @mCKENIC
      @mCKENIC Před 6 lety +3

      Cheers mate! Yup synth and retro pc nut here! Have a great weekend! :-)

    • @slipknotboy555
      @slipknotboy555 Před 6 lety +1

      Thanks, you too!

  • @zukriuchen
    @zukriuchen Před 2 lety +5

    the best thing about the screensaver bit is that at a quick glance, you see this silver thing spinning on a black background, and it totally fits the preceding scene of a ship spinning in space

  • @CmlDexter
    @CmlDexter Před 6 lety +87

    13:16 "Could that get any more 1997" ... he reboots ... plays demo video... It DOES get more 1997 HAHAHAH

  • @user-t8gxkfin7n
    @user-t8gxkfin7n Před 6 lety +291

    "I feel like I should say nice hiss"
    I get that Steve1989MREInfo reference

    • @NozomuYume
      @NozomuYume Před 6 lety +39

      Haha I got it too. xD I expected him to lay it all out on a tray and go "NICE!". And then eat the DVD card.

    • @PT-pn5ge
      @PT-pn5ge Před 5 lety +9

      Theres a ffew different channels that have made references to him.... more popular than I thought

    • @Formulka
      @Formulka Před 5 lety +9

      that was so unexpected

    • @LolMan4409
      @LolMan4409 Před 5 lety +4

      Nice!

    • @planescaped
      @planescaped Před 5 lety +4

      It amazes me how many youtubers make Steve1989 references

  • @shadoom
    @shadoom Před 6 lety +459

    6:15 alright let's get this out on a tray
    *NICE*

    • @seanoliver7162
      @seanoliver7162 Před 6 lety +50

      I was thinking the same thing! Apparently LGR watches Steve as well.

    • @Naters305ytg
      @Naters305ytg Před 6 lety +10

      All I could think of was the way steve would make a video like this after hearing that lol. I also said nice reference after he said nice hiss lol.

    • @yogacastwatcher
      @yogacastwatcher Před 6 lety +47

      "Let's get this CD out onto the tray."
      "Nice."

    • @outlawlaw
      @outlawlaw Před 6 lety +14

      lol man, if he had actually put the dvd onto a tray I woulda lost it. I only watched steve in the first place because of LGR

    • @that_puffsley_guy
      @that_puffsley_guy Před 6 lety +10

      steve is my hero

  • @senesiano
    @senesiano Před 6 lety +90

    I just keep coming to this video to see the "penises" screen saver and your laughter. You should post the complete video of that laughter to the screen saver, that's just pure gold!

  • @puwazatza
    @puwazatza Před 3 lety +19

    I'm super impressed about the fact that you had even customize the screensaver during the stressful fresh win 98 reinstallation

  • @Sergiocrivelin
    @Sergiocrivelin Před 6 lety +2466

    That screen saver killed me ahahaha oh man... Hahahahah ,😂😂😂

    • @vaendryl
      @vaendryl Před 6 lety +25

      rip

    • @willowithink
      @willowithink Před 6 lety +31

      Same. But, it almost killed me. Also, will I be seeing your name in the obituaries?

    • @CiliophoraEuplotes
      @CiliophoraEuplotes Před 6 lety +33

      The best of Windows 98 :)

    • @OjStudios
      @OjStudios Před 6 lety +38

      "Goodbye!"

    • @cfjruth
      @cfjruth Před 6 lety +12

      Hahaha best screen saver.

  • @Scerttle
    @Scerttle Před 6 lety +409

    I do not miss this sort of cable management.

    • @Scerttle
      @Scerttle Před 6 lety +40

      I do miss Windows start up sounds.

    • @bikutoso
      @bikutoso Před 6 lety +6

      It looks pretty tidy compared to all wiring closet i have been in.

    • @skynetd-termination98
      @skynetd-termination98 Před 6 lety +40

      Back then, just opening up the computer to perform an add-on like this made you a computer expert in most of your family member's eyes. Good times.

    • @vrapbrap
      @vrapbrap Před 6 lety +42

      Those damn flat cables, the awful case designs of that era, fucking around with jumpers, fires from shitty PSU's that turned your PC into an actual F-18 that was slapped into every PC component box ever and so on.
      Times sure have gotten easier on that end. Good cases, no cables to be seen anywhere, good reliable components.
      I do kinda miss the cheesy designs on GPU boxes especially. Those continued pretty far into the 2000's but eventually disappeared. If your GPU box had a FLAMING DEMON DUDE on it, you knew it was fast.

    • @Ambiphonic
      @Ambiphonic Před 6 lety +6

      "good reliable components" That's not what get better since old times, quite the opposite in fact.

  • @gamesbeforedames
    @gamesbeforedames Před 3 lety +7

    20:54 the instant reaction, of...huh..what's up with the game?? Followed up by the reflection in the screen showing embarrassment but in a hilarious awesome type of way, and then @ 20:58 the loud burst of laughter and how it continued for the next few seconds and then for the next few seconds...and then for the next few sec.....
    PRICELESS!
    I love you LGR!!!!!

  • @HeiligerGrimmnir
    @HeiligerGrimmnir Před 5 lety +98

    Ok. That's 2 Steve1989 references I've caught today... Let's get these references out on a tray. Nice! Okay!

    • @ezzy525
      @ezzy525 Před 4 lety +6

      2 years later and I came straight to the comments to see if anyone else got the Steve reference! 😂

    • @MrDavesandstorm
      @MrDavesandstorm Před 4 lety +5

      I came to the comments as well for the same reason. Nice.

    • @ancapjack1837
      @ancapjack1837 Před 4 lety +3

      OMG IM NOT THE ONLY ONE!!! who knew there was such an overlap there 😂

  • @trisymphony
    @trisymphony Před 6 lety +29

    Challenge to LGR: How many different video passthrough cards can you put into a single PC?

  • @tobiasboon46
    @tobiasboon46 Před 6 lety +363

    "Nice Hiss"
    Nice reference!

    • @GuppyCzar
      @GuppyCzar Před 6 lety +91

      Nice to know I'm not the only crossover old computer/ration fan.

    • @darkironsides
      @darkironsides Před 6 lety +42

      Nice

    • @philipdumas4435
      @philipdumas4435 Před 6 lety +97

      "Let's get this DVD drive put on a tray!"
      (JUMP CUT)
      "Nice, Mckay!"

    • @Enkabard
      @Enkabard Před 6 lety +36

      Let's get this out onto a tray, nice!

    • @freibier
      @freibier Před 6 lety +11

      At least he did not try to eat it.

  • @Featherogue
    @Featherogue Před 4 lety +19

    When LGR said, "Yay, DVDs!" I died, so precious

  • @QuantumBraced
    @QuantumBraced Před 4 lety +12

    It's kind of amazing that DVD's resolution is so low that even 1997 monitors needed upscaling to make it look good. I remember seeing 1600x1200 monitors in the late 90s that totally blew my mind.

    • @Kasperx138
      @Kasperx138 Před 3 lety

      carmack had a 1080p monitor in 1995

    • @QuantumBraced
      @QuantumBraced Před 3 lety

      @@Kasperx138 Really? Did they even exist then? I remember a friend of mine had a 1080p LCD monitor in 2003 and I thought it was incredible, I think it cost $2500.

    • @mathgasm8484
      @mathgasm8484 Před 2 lety

      @@QuantumBraced My dad bought a 40 inch 1080p tv and I thought it was the coolest thing ever. I think it was like $4500 bucks. It lasted a really long time. We had to replace it last year when it finally broke.

    • @gammaboost
      @gammaboost Před rokem

      DVDs only displayed at 480p/576p for 30fps/25fps, and if you try getting 60fps/50fps then you'll have to use interlacing instead (which was never part of standardised PC resolutions) so you had to have a proper deinterlacer or else you would get that "flicker" (which is more like a shimmer, since it's different to CRT flicker) that he mentioned while watching the cutscenes in Claw.
      If you had set your monitor to 480p then it would probably look fine but most people used higher resolutions which is why they needed some kind of scaling.

  • @HenrikoMagnifico
    @HenrikoMagnifico Před 6 lety +98

    *Tomorrow was a while ago...*

  • @DesignBuildExecute
    @DesignBuildExecute Před 6 lety +165

    "Just some loser at his computer, but who am I to talk?" Man, that made my day :D

  • @OtakuFREEMAN
    @OtakuFREEMAN Před 4 lety +28

    I had one of these.
    Every time i want to play a DVD from another region, i had to change the region code via some kind of "firmware".
    Had no idea i only could change it 5 times... (Proud owner of a region 2 PAL DVD drive)

    • @alalalala57
      @alalalala57 Před 3 lety +9

      @@ProtoV33MK1 EXTRA POWER MOVE: have 6 different computers with a drive for each region.

  • @georgeapplegate2091
    @georgeapplegate2091 Před 6 lety

    Love Catching Up with your videos occasionally, especially the old 90s tech! Keep up the good work!

  • @Wockes
    @Wockes Před 6 lety +93

    1997 feels just like 20 years ago

    • @shockwaveexp3465
      @shockwaveexp3465 Před 6 lety +5

      Wockes Totally, still have plenty of my late 90s to early 2000s games but no hardware of the era to play them on. Windows 10 really hates CD games.

    • @narata1541
      @narata1541 Před 6 lety +6

      Wockes True. Hard to believe it was 40 years ago. Time flies. Feels like yesterday.

    • @blackwolfrules56
      @blackwolfrules56 Před 6 lety

      Narata I hope this is sarcasm.

    • @LeeDee5
      @LeeDee5 Před 6 lety

      This is one of the first times where I felt 1997 was truly dated by this point.

  • @kingkool1338
    @kingkool1338 Před 6 lety +16

    Listening to all the sounds of an old computer gives me all the nostalgia vibes.

  • @ningmoss
    @ningmoss Před 5 lety

    Great LGR! I bought this in 1998, a nice trip down memory lane!
    I don’t remember having any install issues, and I definitely didn’t have the same screen saver problem!
    Another great review!

  • @emanatingf
    @emanatingf Před 4 lety +2

    This was so wholesome. It really makes me feel more confident about getting into Computer building & retro computer/software exploring & imagining. With thought in mind for others who will surely wanna get in on the fun just as much as I have. As someone who was a late bloomer of 2002 that was not alive & "connected" in that era. With links, molex cablezzzz or a plug of course.
    I know it would make more sense for me to post this on the PC Build advice video you made but this just feels RIGHT.

    • @emanatingf
      @emanatingf Před 4 lety

      One of the places I'd love to start would be with a 2000's Laptop which could lead into a budget Windows 7 Personal Build. I worry about what I say man. Cause I imagine that it's just so easy to end up making something sell quicker than intended with the amount of demand that it found.
      I'm sure there is a fair few niche PC games where that applies
      & I *sincerely* hope for the Best

  • @jaxnean2663
    @jaxnean2663 Před 6 lety +211

    1997 air!

    • @kbhasi
      @kbhasi Před 6 lety +17

      Yeah, it reminds me of the time someone tried to sell "One Direction concert air" on the local classifieds

    • @kylestawicki9712
      @kylestawicki9712 Před 6 lety +6

      That's just.... NICE!

    • @aryesegal1988
      @aryesegal1988 Před 6 lety

      that happened? seriously?

    • @DravenLostSoul
      @DravenLostSoul Před 6 lety

      Kyle Stawicki Now lets get this onto a tray.

    • @marek2630
      @marek2630 Před 6 lety

      And he didn't even try to smell it!

  • @bitrunnr
    @bitrunnr Před 6 lety +18

    Those fighter jets flying out of the computer screen are AWESOME

  • @Aarlog
    @Aarlog Před 6 lety +86

    "Tomorrows Technology at Tomorrow's Prices Today!"
    *laughs while ordering a $20 8x DVD burner*

    • @AgentTasmania
      @AgentTasmania Před 4 lety +10

      They said tomorrow, not 20 years from [then]

    • @negativeinfinity4387
      @negativeinfinity4387 Před 4 lety +1

      And a top of the line one at that.

    • @alex12342715
      @alex12342715 Před 4 lety +4

      $30 256GB USB drive

    • @Howlingd0g
      @Howlingd0g Před 4 lety +4

      I think the real question is here, why were you still burning DVDs in 2018?

    • @d3bo552
      @d3bo552 Před 4 lety +3

      @@Howlingd0g Because they want to?

  • @SomeCuteDoragons
    @SomeCuteDoragons Před 5 lety +31

    20:54 **the laugh of eternity**

  • @ColonelPenguin
    @ColonelPenguin Před 6 lety +29

    Omg, seeing you play Claw brought me back to my kindergarten days in Romania when we had a single Win 98 PC in the classroom and we'd play Claw and Alladin on it.
    I totally forgot Claw was a game then the memories came flooding back

  • @User.665
    @User.665 Před 6 lety +138

    you had some premium 1997 air in that bag that's now gone :(

    • @Dome31337
      @Dome31337 Před 6 lety +7

      It is still around, most likely you also got some molecules from it by now.

    • @jamesreynolds3167
      @jamesreynolds3167 Před 6 lety +10

      But its now all disgusting from the 18+ years of toxicity that has been around since then. Could have sold it for $40 a hit

    • @cjshields2007
      @cjshields2007 Před 6 lety +12

      Anyone else read that as Pentium 1997 air? 😂

    • @techviking5559
      @techviking5559 Před 6 lety +3

      1997 farts

    • @nilswegner2881
      @nilswegner2881 Před 6 lety

      Chris Shields I actually did

  • @NeoDana
    @NeoDana Před 6 lety

    I love these kinds of videos! Sharing this experience. I'm from '96 so I never had the opportunity (or necessity) to install one of these in my computer, by the time I got into PCs it was already standard, so it's cool to see how things were done back in the day! Love the channel man

  • @desmonddesjarlais2697
    @desmonddesjarlais2697 Před 3 lety +2

    That old school ad is so perfect. Today I have too many examples of man/computer love being a bad thing for that moment to not feel wacky.

  • @jabba334
    @jabba334 Před 6 lety +14

    Ah... the days when wiping and reinstalling the OS was the answer to many problems! I don't miss them. I do remember drooling over this DVD player in the stores but I couldn't afford it. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.

  • @mememetal666
    @mememetal666 Před 4 lety

    Love your videos! they give me flashbacks and a warm feeling when i watch things that i remember as a kid.. keep up the good work!

  • @tonygarrett7214
    @tonygarrett7214 Před 5 lety

    That was absolutely hilarious! You're knowledgeable, articulate and great to watch and listen to! My favourite CZcams channel! Keep up the excellent work..

  • @InsanePsychoRabbit
    @InsanePsychoRabbit Před 6 lety +44

    Knowing you I would've expected that screensaver to say "FARTS" but I guess you're even more delightfully immature than I expected.

    • @nobodyinterestingyou
      @nobodyinterestingyou Před 6 lety

      Which everybody knows that makes It so much more classy!Gotta love Clint and his sense of humor.Hope he'll never change :).

  • @nullunit5566
    @nullunit5566 Před 6 lety +8

    Great video. Slight correction. DVDs didn't increase in density. Double sided DVDs were replaced with dual layer DVDs where both layers were accessible from one side of the disc (one layer was transparent to the laser via focusing control). This removed the need to flip the disc halfway thru the movie, yay!

  • @pronouncedgooglewithat
    @pronouncedgooglewithat Před rokem +5

    Love the cross-over shout-out to Steve1989. You two are truly some of the best souls on CZcams. Cheers.

  • @BaMb1N079
    @BaMb1N079 Před 5 lety +3

    I actually owned one of these cards. They were also sold separately.. I bought it because my DVD drive (a sony one) was PIO and not DMA. So the CPU couldn't cope. Fantastic piece of kit. Brings a tear to my eyes just seeing that.

  • @tacotoosday42
    @tacotoosday42 Před 6 lety +4

    I love how Tex Murphy Overseer had a really expensive DVD version bundled with its cds to promote the platform.

  • @codak29
    @codak29 Před 6 lety +79

    The box could use a few more jets.

  • @rssbrry
    @rssbrry Před 6 lety +6

    That screensaver moment was the hardest I've laughed all week. Thanks for that!

  • @sander230e
    @sander230e Před 4 lety

    Oh man. This whole vid is just me in 1998. I bought that kit when i was a 16yo kid. I had to do it all by myself, bc no-one else had the knowledge to help me. But i manage to get it work without any mistakes. Such a lot of nostalgia! I had a couple of extra dvds, bc i worked in a store where we sold cds and dvds/laserdisc etc.
    Thanks for taking me back in time 👍

  • @cosmicrdt
    @cosmicrdt Před 6 lety +11

    Thanks for the great memories. I bought the dxr3 version in 1998 with my pocket money as a 16 year old. Growing up in country Australia is had to go to the city to buy it and it cost $600 aud. It ended up being the only DVD player in our home for a year or so and I would use it to transfer movies back to tape so my parents and friends could watch them. I still have the drive but sadly there has been a disc stuck in it for about 10 years now. Great times.

  • @TheNovaks47
    @TheNovaks47 Před 6 lety +14

    Wow, I remember having that exact model. Your channel is like a trip down memory lane, I love it!

  • @lucky88shp
    @lucky88shp Před 6 lety

    LGR you are awesome! You bring so much nostalgia...its priceless! Thank you!

  • @outsidethewaxbox
    @outsidethewaxbox Před 3 lety +1

    Can’t believe I am seeing this! I bought one of these for my first build in 1998 and the hardware decoding portion was a HUGE pain in the ass. Never got it right, and I finally threw in the towel and got a regular Sony DVD drive in 2002.

  • @Ironman1o1
    @Ironman1o1 Před 6 lety +44

    aw man, I forgot how much Jet fighters were used in 90s PC aesthetics.

    • @larrymalloneejr.2974
      @larrymalloneejr.2974 Před 6 lety +4

      Ironman1o1 at the Best Buy in my old hometown, the video most often used for DVD demonstrations on the huge monitors was Top Gun. Jets. Jets everywhere.

    • @Wilson84KS
      @Wilson84KS Před 6 lety +1

      I just say Saab xD

  • @valinor5397
    @valinor5397 Před 6 lety +32

    I love how Clint treats every computer like they're his babies no matter how old and/or shitty they are.

    • @williambaldwin9346
      @williambaldwin9346 Před 5 lety +1

      Except for the part where he is stabbing it with the screwdriver in its "face". :)

  • @calzonemaniacsvideocorner0804

    Crazy to think you had to do all this work back then. Nowadays computers come with DVD drives that work right out of the box. Also, that screensaver bit may have made this my favorite LGR video.

  • @Sythianoa
    @Sythianoa Před 4 lety +9

    10+ years later i finally learn why i couldnt watch dvds on one of my old computers

  • @Archeious
    @Archeious Před 6 lety +8

    Neat thing about that card was it meant you could watch DVD on linux. This was prior to the break in the DVD encryption.

    • @Redhotsmasher
      @Redhotsmasher Před 6 lety +3

      Jeff Smith I guess that's technically true but, I mean, who actually used Linux as 1997? Even as someone who's been using Linux as my main OS since '11, was Linux even realistically usable in 1997 without a degree in computer science?

    • @Archeious
      @Archeious Před 6 lety +4

      I was using Linux as my primary OS at the time.

  • @bitwize
    @bitwize Před 6 lety +30

    Packard Bell PCs were just the worst. They weren't strictly whitebox; they had fiddly proprietary bits in them that had a way of not working. Most of the PB PCs I saw on store shelves were busted and wouldn't go past the BIOS POST.

  • @markradaba
    @markradaba Před 4 lety

    I had one of these. It was a pretty good package. It lasted me quite a while. I forgot about that over-acted demo video CL added to show the capabilities. Thanks for doing the demo - it brought back a lot of memories!

  • @justanotheryoutubechannel

    HOLY SHIT THAT BOXART IS SO 1990’s! It also looks kinda legit too! The linedoubling and interpolation is really cool, considering it was only 1997!

  • @flectoz
    @flectoz Před 6 lety +16

    FYI: The 'dat' connector on the back of the drive is just a straight S/PDIF digital signal, which, with a little bit of circuitry can be also be converted to an optical TOSLINK connection.

  • @AquilaBirdy
    @AquilaBirdy Před 6 lety +37

    I wasn't even alive in 1997 but these old hardware videos are weirdly fascinating for me!

    • @patemathic
      @patemathic Před 6 lety +1

      Zoraine same

    • @raymond289
      @raymond289 Před 5 lety +2

      Troubleshooting windows Software & hardware was painful. Specially for me know it all trash talkers.
      The guy make this video never knew windows 95 DVD rom was compatible.
      May 1997 a IBM portable DVD laptop with windows 95 Pentium 66 64 MB ram 4.3 GB hard drive $7000 Canadian.

    • @Ridcally
      @Ridcally Před 5 lety

      Does it mean you were dead in 1997?

    • @mattwolf7698
      @mattwolf7698 Před 4 lety

      @Powerful Panda He would have been 4 in 1999. I have some veg memories from when I was 4.

  • @r4z0r84
    @r4z0r84 Před 3 lety +2

    I'm so glad you kept in the screensaver legit made my night seeing that rofl

  • @pntmass
    @pntmass Před 6 lety

    I bought one of these in 1998 as my first DVD player. Constant conflicts with other drivers. Frequently had to reinstall Windows to get it to work, just like you did! Thanks for the trip down memory lane. Things used to suck so bad.

  • @Crusader1089
    @Crusader1089 Před 6 lety +55

    I haven't seen anyone else mention Digital Audio Tape except Techmoan!

    • @Dudeitsmeee
      @Dudeitsmeee Před 6 lety +7

      It never took off in the consumer market and stayed in the audio recording industry. I assumed no one outside the recording industry would know much about it

    • @a.j8307
      @a.j8307 Před 6 lety +18

      Techmoan is such a great channel.
      8 Bit Guy for retro console gaming + retro keyboards + 8 bit computer systems
      LGR for DOS gaming + Oddware + 90's Computers and accessories (and Sims reviews)
      Techmoan for retro audio + audio formats + tech reviews

    • @MrEdrftgyuji
      @MrEdrftgyuji Před 6 lety

      It did find a bit of a niche as a PC backup device for a while - you could back up your files to DAT.

    • @hgbugalou
      @hgbugalou Před 6 lety +1

      I use to use it simply because my DVD ROM had a digital audio out and my sound card had a digital audio in. Can't say it sounds any different from the analog, though I would assume its easier to post process the stream on your sound card via DA.

    • @ClayMann
      @ClayMann Před 6 lety

      I had a musician friend that was so into DAT. He kept getting into all kinds of trouble with the hardware and trying to manage it in his studio. He'd ask me as I was the techy but I had to shrug when it came to DAT, it was just so alien and I knew nothing about it apart from it was fascinating to play with, like future tech now.

  • @MarioFanaticXV
    @MarioFanaticXV Před 6 lety +72

    "I've got to stop now or I'm just going to play Wing Commander."
    Do you really think anyone that watches this channel would complain about that?

    • @CathrineMacNiel
      @CathrineMacNiel Před 6 lety +1

      MarioFanaticXV he needs to do an LGR plays wing commander iv

    • @MarioFanaticXV
      @MarioFanaticXV Před 6 lety +1

      Personally I'd prefer III, but any of the first four would be great.

  • @aidanmac2002
    @aidanmac2002 Před 4 lety

    I bought this when it first came out, it's hard to describe the upgrade in video that it represented. Hooking this up to a tv was so amazing at the time.
    Previously you had either old VHS or VCD quality and this was such a step up

  • @lamusicademorfeo
    @lamusicademorfeo Před 8 měsíci +1

    Excellent review, I can't stop smiling, it's like a trip back in time, I would have just loved to see what the experience would be like with a CRT TV, since at the time, video cards with RCA output never worked well, almost always the power supply of the PC, introduced polluting electrical noise into the image, or the image was towards one side or the other. Thank you very much for sharing the experience of returning to the 90s.

    • @LGR
      @LGR  Před 8 měsíci +2

      My pleasure, I’m glad you enjoyed!

  • @Zizzily
    @Zizzily Před 6 lety +36

    Windows 98 Second Edition certainly added a lot of hardware support and newer versions of Windows components/software, so I wouldn't be surprised if that difference alone is why you had problems with the original Windows 98 install.

    • @KaitoTriforce
      @KaitoTriforce Před 6 lety +2

      I don't think it was the driver, but Windows 98 SE also included its own MPEG-2 Codec. Last but not least newer DVDs contained copy protection systems that are not compatible with older versions of Windows.

    • @pourgoi_6100
      @pourgoi_6100 Před 6 lety

      im just impressed windows 98 can run dvds

  • @EpicLPer
    @EpicLPer Před 6 lety +274

    Dude I was almost asleep (always watch videos until I fall asleep lol) and then that Penises screensaver came on and now I'm fully awake because I had to laugh so hard, that was great!

  • @cranbers
    @cranbers Před 4 lety

    I worked as a 17 year old at circuit city as a computer sales guy, I saw this box on the shelf and remember it so clearly looking at it for hundreds of hours as you sat on the floor for 12 hour shifts several times a week. Thank you for the throw back, so cool! Now at 39 its so funny to be reminded of how far we've come today over 20 years.

  • @suprastevio2264
    @suprastevio2264 Před 4 lety

    This will go down as my favorite LGR episode to date! My gawd Clint, that was a hilarious surprise LMFAO

  • @sealmeatisbestmeat1241
    @sealmeatisbestmeat1241 Před 6 lety +36

    Clint please upload that included creative vob file. It's comedy gold. When he punched I was half expecting him to break the screen and start screaming while a disclaimer from creative appears. So much meme potential.

    • @25pinjo15
      @25pinjo15 Před 6 lety

      What hapen if you disconect the vga bridge cable whild playin a dvd

    • @SammyRenard
      @SammyRenard Před 6 lety +1

      the same thing that happens when you unplug a monitor from a video card

  • @kalishinko
    @kalishinko Před 6 lety +46

    That part where you had to reformat windows to make new hardware work triggered my PTSD.

  • @jamescarter421
    @jamescarter421 Před 5 lety

    I love seeing these cool old 90's hardware videos. I have a Dxr2 card my brother gave me, along with the Claws and Wing Commander dvd's. I never used the card. I had a Sigma Designs RealMagic Hollywood Plus mpeg 2 decoder card I used in an old P2 233 system. Great memories.

  • @JohnSweevo
    @JohnSweevo Před 5 lety

    Great video mate, love the old stuff you use

  • @BaronXooper
    @BaronXooper Před 6 lety +11

    Oh god, I remember when my dad brought home a new computer with a DVD drive in it. My younger brother and I thought it was the coolest thing on the planet. We begged him to be able to put in DVDs inside of it and watch movies while he was at work. Now my computer doesn't even have a disk drive.

    • @_.RaVeN._77
      @_.RaVeN._77 Před 6 lety

      put one in it or get a external ;)

  • @EerieGrey
    @EerieGrey Před 6 lety +12

    It would have sucked to have paid full-price for the predecessor of this thing and then have the Encore come out months later for so much cheaper.

    • @Blackadder75
      @Blackadder75 Před 6 lety +2

      Grey Bryson people were used to that , same happened with CPU's, newest hard disks, 3dfx cards, memory etc

    • @GenmaTheDestroyer
      @GenmaTheDestroyer Před 6 lety

      Buy a GTX Titan today....months later a GTX --80 Ti release will make you curse up a storm.

  • @Dj3ndo
    @Dj3ndo Před 4 lety +5

    Awesome video. Love this kind of quirky tech from back in the day! We take DVD for granted now and it's even kind of obsolete at this day but it's not even that long ago that i was top of the line. And also, the "nice hiss" is a reference to steve1989? 😂

  • @christravels360
    @christravels360 Před 2 měsíci

    This video really hit home. I had a Packard Bell Multimedia PC with an Intel 486 DX/2 66Mhz CPU with 4MB RAM and a CD-Rom. I was hooked on Megarace! Creative Labs was the stuff back then. Ohhhhh the wild west of the PC world. I guess you had to be there to understand. Thanks for the video. Really brought back some fond memories.

  • @roalwinks7961
    @roalwinks7961 Před 6 lety +47

    1997 air...shoulda bottled it and sold it on ebay...

    • @h8GW
      @h8GW Před 4 lety

      Except it was probably just 1997 nitrogen....which is not significantly different from nitrogen of modern times.

    • @6sicSIX
      @6sicSIX Před 4 lety

      It's not crisps/chips lol - why waste good nitrogen

  • @cpufreak101
    @cpufreak101 Před 6 lety +74

    I just realized 1997 was 20 years ago...

  •  Před 5 lety

    Vintage ware for a vintage-y voice! Awesome channel, thank you Clint.

  • @Saghetti
    @Saghetti Před 6 lety +7

    4:53 "A big old chunk of cardboard that is filled with nothing whatsoever." *Stuffs packing peanuts in*